Black and white photograph of two children on a goat, possibly Samuel Livingston Mather and Amasa Stone Mather. Photograph taken by "Decker & Wilbur, 143 Euclid Ave., Cleveland"., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Black and white photograph of stone cutters on pylon of the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge in shop., Date: CN/9-83
Neg: 2669, 2671,
Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Hand drawn map of northeastern Ohio showing the location of early Indian paths and towns and of the Christian Indian missions established by the Moravian missionaries between 1772 and 1787. The Heckewelder Map was found in the papers of Moses Cleaveland., "Cleveland Starts Here"
Black and white group photograph of African American Civil War veterans posing in front of Lawnfield. Group is not identified. "Copyright and published by J. F. Ryder, Cleveland, Ohio.", Without frame border, approximately 9.5 x 14 in., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Certification that previous hit Anna M. Bailey is constituted a member for life of a female anti-slavery society. With detailed sketch of slave owner, slaves, and woman in armor encircled in rays of light., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
This collectible tin plate, made in 1908, sets William Howard Taft and his running mate, James S. Sherman, amongst Republican Party luminaries, including Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, James Garfield, and Theodore Roosevelt. Taft won the election of 1908 and became our 27th president., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit. MUS 2003.0.25
Early History of Cleveland by the artist Frederick Dana Marsh was commissioned by Dudley S. Blossom, Sr. for his Euclid Avenue residence depicting a birds eye view of early Cleveland across the flats., MUS 42.1633. Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit
Sebring, Ohio native Viktor Schreckengost has been called the American DaVinci. He was a painter, sculptor, ceramicist, and designer of everything from dinnerware to lawnmowers. Some of his most endearing designs were for children's toys, including this pedal car resembling a WWII fighter aircraft., Featured in the "Cleveland Starts Here" Exhibit